Language between description and prescription : verbs and verb categories in nineteenth-century grammars of English /
Based on 258 English grammar books, Language Between Description and Prescription investigates nineteenth-century grammar writing relating to actual language change, especially in the verb phrase. Lieselotte Andewald proposes that not all changes were noticed in the first place, and those that were...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2016]
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| Series: | Oxford studies in the history of English.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Based on 258 English grammar books, Language Between Description and Prescription investigates nineteenth-century grammar writing relating to actual language change, especially in the verb phrase. Lieselotte Andewald proposes that not all changes were noticed in the first place, and those that were noticed were not necessarily criticized. The book also demonstrates that though grammars were prescriptivist, their effect was at best minimal. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190270698 0190270691 9780190270681 0190270683 |